Andy Marcinek

Access to Digital Kindness, with Kim Zajac Digital Kindness Podcast · Episode

🚨 New Podcast Episode Drop! 🚨

🎙️ On this episode of The Digital Kindness Podcast, I sit down with the brilliant Kim Zajac — a creative educator and communication powerhouse #EduSky
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Academic Distinctions: A Podcast to Fix America's Schools Hosted by Stephanie Melville and Zac Chase, "Academic Distinctions" is a podcast for educators that tackles the reading and research teachers often don't have time for. With experience as classroom te...

And we're live! The first episode of Academic Distinctions dropped today. Listen as Stephanie and I talk AI EOs and Weaponizing Federal Education Funding with @dlaufenberg.bsky.social academicdistinctions.buzzsprout.com #edusky #AI #education #learning #teaching #podcast

🎙️ New Episode of The Digital Kindness Podcast is live!
In this episode, I sit down with @askadam3.bsky.social , Director of Professional Learning at Future Ready Schools, to explore how we can lead with digital kindness in an AI-powered world. #EduSky

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Before We Accelerate: Embedding Digital Kindness into AI Ethics for K–12 Schools Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the newest headline in education, but before we sprint toward shiny solutions, we need to pause.

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No Screens Required: Teaching Digital Skills Offline One of the most common assumptions in education today is that introducing technology skills must begin by placing a screen in front of students.

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Balancing Innovation and Impact: Assessing Post-Pandemic EdTech It’s been four years since the world went into lockdown, a period that drastically transformed the educational landscape. In 2020, students and educators were thrust into the realm of remote learning,...

“I believe schools need to rethink the way they approach learning and especially, the way they implement technology.” open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... #edusky

License to Lead: Empowering Students with a Digital Driver’s License In my book, Teaching Digital Kindness, I introduced the idea of a "Digital Driver's License"—a scaffolded, intentional approach to digital citizenship that empowers students at every grade level to be...

Why are we not having students go through a digital driver’s license program in our schools? open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... #EduSky

Reclaiming Our Digital Lives Digital Kindness Podcast · Episode

The Digital Kindness Podcast is LIVE! Please follow along and subscribe open.spotify.com/episode/2P0Y... #EduSky

Thanks, buddy! Hope you’re well!

Introducing Digital Kindness Discussion Guides Essential Tools for Cultivating Thoughtful Digital Citizens

Introducing Digital Kindness Discussion Guides!! open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... #EduSky

They Don’t Want You to Be Kind Online If you spend any of your time engaged in social media these days, what you'll quickly notice is a loud, often angry user base.

They Don’t Want You To Be Kind Online open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... #EduSky

Reclaiming our Digital Lives A movement to educate and moderate technology use rather than simply ban it

Reclaiming Our Digital Lives: A movement to educate and moderate technology use rather than simply ban it open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... #EduSky

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly Divesting Android is still on the table.

The problem for Google is that Andreessen, Vance, Musk etc all sort of love this idea www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/2...

Inquiry-Based Learning in the Age of Prompt Design Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us, and its influence is undeniably shaping the world around us and…

Inquiry-Based Learning in the Age of Prompt Design medium.com/@andrewmarci... #EduSky

A pleasure to connect on the other side :)

Rethinking Smartphone Bans: A Smarter Approach to Digital Citizenship in Schools The debate surrounding smartphones in K-12 schools often boils down to a simple question: To ban or not to ban? While it’s tempting to…

“Yes, I am in 100% agreement that smartphones in the hands of children under 16 can cause an array of mental health and social-emotional issues. But if we are not teaching and holding students accountable now, when will they learn appropriate use of technology?” #EduSky

NotebookLM | Note Taking & Research Assistant Powered by AI Use the power of AI for quick summarization and note taking, NotebookLM is your powerful virtual research assistant rooted in information you can trust.

Did you know about Notebook LM? It will take a series of PDFs or other sources and turn them into a podcast so you can listen on the go! You could even feed in your class notes to give students an alternative format to use to catch up notebooklm.google

I feel like I have my community back. #EduSky

Just like starting over…

Deck Blue - deck.blue - is a must have to get the most out of Bluesky (especially if you used TweetDeck in the past). Super easy to create columns for custom feeds.

#edusky #edtech

Boys and Video Games - ConnectSafely 91% of Gen Z boys report they regularly pay video games online.

“Boys will be ____ : The online lives of boys who are embracing positive masculinity - new report on boys and video games connectsafely.org/boys-and-onl... #EduSky

Up to 89 fabulous school librarians :) let me know if I missed someone! #tlsky #edusky go.bsky.app/DDkL6MS

This past week I've seen an influx of people leaving the former blue bird for the blue butterfly. Here's my latest post on the subject - "Intention over Attention" #SocialMedia #EduSky
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A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World The technology driving ChatGPT is capable of so much more. What’s coming next will make talking bots look like mere distractions.

A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World www.wsj.com/tech/ai/a-po... #ai

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LeBron James Denies Son Receiving Preferential Treatment When Being Lifted Up To Dunk
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This feels better. Happy to be here.